Creflo Augustus Dollar, Jr. is an American televangelist, pastor, and the founder of the non-denominational World Changers Church International based in Fulton County, Georgia, Creflo Dollar Ministerial Association (formerly called International Covenant Ministries), Creflo Dollar Ministries, and Arrow Records. Each of these enterprises is overseen by Dollar and his wife, Taffi Dollar.Some sources report that Dollar's birth name is Michael Smith, which Dollar has called an "urban legend".

MinistryDollar began developing World Changers Ministries Christian Center in 1986. He held the church's first worship service in the cafeteria of an elementary school in College Park, Georgia, with eight people in attendance. The ministry was later renamed World Changers Church International (WCCI), and the congregation moved from the cafeteria to a dedicated chapel, adding a weekly radio broadcast and four services each Sunday. On December 24, 1995, WCCI moved into its present location, the 8,500-seat facility known as the World Dome. At a cost of nearly $18 million, the church has said that the World Dome was built without any bank financing. As of 2007, the congregation reported having around 30,000 members, and $69 million in revenue (gross cash collections) for 2006.

In October 2012, Creflo Dollar Ministries purchased Loews Paradise Theater, in The Bronx for a new Church location in New York. The building is a New York City Landmark.

In October 2012 a former church employee shot and killed a man during early morning services at World Changers Church International in College Park. Dollar established a donation fund for the victim's family.On March 15, 2013, Creflo Dollar embarked on a convention tour (the "2013 Change Conventions").Dollar also speaks at conferences and is an author.

Personal wealthDollar is known for his controversial teachings regarding prosperity theology. He has long been criticized for living a lavish lifestyle; he owns two Rolls-Royces, a private jet, and real estate such as a million-dollar home in Atlanta, a $2.5 million home in Demarest, New Jersey, and a $2.5 million home in Manhattan, which he sold for $3.75 million in 2012. Dollar has refused to disclose his salary and Creflo Dollar Ministries received a grade of "F" for financial transparency by the organization Ministry Watch.

On November 6, 2007, United States Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, began an investigation of several ministries, including Dollar's. Grassley asked for financial information to determine whether Dollar made any personal profit from financial donations and requested that Dollar's ministry make the information available by December 6, 2007. The investigation also asked for information from five other televangelists: Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Eddie L. Long, Joyce Meyer, and Paula White. Dollar contested the probe, arguing that the proper governmental entity to examine religious groups is the IRS, not the Committee on Finance.

Sheriff's reportOn June 8, 2012, The Fayette County Sheriff's Office filed a report claiming Dollar committed acts of simple assault/battery and cruelty toward a child. The report stated that his then 15-year-old daughter reported she was choked and hit by her father, Dollar. Dollar informed deputies that he was only trying to restrain his daughter, who, he claimed, was acting disrespectfully after he forbade her from attending a party. He stated that while he was holding his daughter, she began to hit him. He stated he wrestled her to the floor, spanked her and sent her to her room, according to the report. Dollar released a statement after the charges were filed, denying that he assaulted his daughter. In January 2013, prosecutors dropped charges after Dollar completed an anger-management program. Fayette County Solicitor General James Inagawa said Dollar paid about $1,000 in court fees as part of a pretrial intervention program and had complied with all the conditions placed on him to resolve the case. Inagawa noted that the wishes of Dollar's daughter were taken into account before prosecutors allowed the pastor to participate in the pretrial intervention program.

BiographyIn 1984, Dollar received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia.Dollar and his wife, Taffi, have five children and live in Atlanta. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Oral Roberts University in 1998.On 24 November 2014 Dollar's private jet, N103CD ran off the runway at Biggin Hill, UK, nobody was seriously hurt in the incident.